2025 Field Hockey Roster

Kristen Habbel

7 Chiara Picciafuoco

  • Height 5-2
  • Class Sophomore
  • Highschool Belgrano Day School
  • Hometown Buenos Aires, Argentina

Biography

2024 (First Year):
  • Second Team NFHCA All-America 
  • First team NFHCA All-Mideast Region 
  • Ivy League Rookie of the Year
  • First team All-Ivy League
  • Tied for team lead with six goals
  • Second on team, and tied for ninth in Ivy League, in points (6-3-15)
  • Scored a team-leading three game-winning goals: at Drexel Sept. 8, vs. Cornell Oct. 11 and at Dartmouth Oct. 18
  • Named Ivy League Co-Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 21
  • Made Yale debut, and first career start, in 6-1 win at Lehigh Sept. 6
  • Scored first career goal Sept. 8 in 2-1 win at Drexel Sept. 8
  • First career assist Sept. 22 at UConn
  • Started all 16 games
Argentinian Field Hockey: Preselected to be part of Buenos Aires U19 team 2023… Won Argentinian Championship with Buenos Aires team 2022… Selected to be part of Buenos Aires U16 Team.

Belgrano Day School: Earned Juan Manuel Bordeu Prize as best athlete in high school 2023... Field hockey team captain 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2021... Elected as sports captain in middle school 2017 and high school 2023... Most Valuable Player in sports tour Madrid 2023... Also competed for athletics (track and field) team… Won athletics “Champion Girl” award 2018 and 2023... Won athletics “Runner Up” award 2019, 2021 and  2022... Broke school record in 800m 2023... Beat record of St. George’s College in 1500m running 2022.

River Plate Club: Got involved and elected for “first division” team, as one of the youngest players, at 17 years old 2023... Championship Campeonato Metropolitano 6ta A U16, scoring the first goal 2022... Top scorer, with 31 goals in a single season, in the Campeonato Metropolitano 6ta A U16 2022... Appointed by coaches and teammates to be team captain 2022... Best Athlete award of U16 club 2022... Championship Campeonato Metropolitano 7ma A U14 2019… Coaches and referees little children from her club.

Notes: Participated in national competitions in gymnastics when she was younger; won first place in parallel bars… Participated in several community service programs – carried out funding campaigns through projects like breakfasts and soccer tournaments; monitored and organized the assembly of Easter and Christmas boxes and provision of food for more than 2,500 families in need all over her city…Started playing field hockey at five years old… Hobbies include skiing and driving.

Why Yale? “It is always hard to leave everything behind, but Yale is the only place in the world where I can feel like home. Being part of this ambitious field hockey program encourages me to challenge myself, improve every day and help my team achieve all objectives. I knew from the beginning that here is where I wanted to be, where I’m able to grow and accomplish my future goals. By offering a wide variety of new experiences and opportunities, Yale inspires me to be the strongest version of myself.”

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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2024First Year

    F/M
    5'2"
    7
  • 7

    2025Sophomore

    F/M
    5'2"
    7